Constitutional law professor Abdul Aziz Bari has been questioned by the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission, following his statements on a decree by the Selangor sultan.
“Maybe this is after pressure from Awang Selamat in Mingguan Malaysia,” he had said in an email at 9.30am today.
The commission has since contacted Malaysiakini and is due to visit its office this afternoon on the same matter.
Abdul Aziz said the meeting with two MCMC officers lasted about two hours today, with the officers following up on a report lodged against him last Friday.
"Besides questions on my personal information and career, they asked about the accuracy of Malaysiakini's report," he said.
He added the officers, Syukri Jamaluddin and Mazlan Othman, also asked about his areas of research, his mobile phone and ICT skills.
Yesterday, the Sunday edition of Utusan Malaysia, through its 'Awang Selamat' column, had taken potshots at the MCMC for allegedly being soft on Abdul Aziz and Malaysiakini, which had published the academic's views.
The ‘Awang Selamat’ pseudonym is used by Utusan editors to anonymously air their views on current affairs.
In yesterday's commentary, Awang Selamat claimed thatMalaysiakini appears to have “immunity” despite setting a “trap” by publishing news meant to ‘advocate the setting up of a republic’ in Malaysia.
Last week, Abdul Aziz had said that the Selangor sultan's decree on the Selangor Islamic Affairs Department search of the Damansara Utama Methodist Church in August was “uncommon and inconsistent”.
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